New York Clipper (Sep 1862)

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on AMERICAN SPORTING Alp-THEATRICAL JOURNAL. r -a J.'.t 3 NEW YOBK, SA.TUEDA.T, SEPTEMBER 18, 1862 little ol XHB ANGLER'S SONG. TOure the bulrush bows and bobs- Bob, bob, "■■ By the spongy osier bod; Where toe rushes ore brown red; Where the willows bend and weep; Where the fan-carps snort tad Bleep; ^ Whore the otters rob; Patient waiting for thefloat— \ , Forthe float; -.. . ^. . ... All vermllllon, ronndi and swiinmlng ... Where the deepeat,tide tBhrimmlng; Where the dragon-fly It skimming; . Where tha water-lily's s wimmin g ..... Bonndlny floppingboat . A. , .. ' There rwatcHed the bobbing float^- :' : \Aaj^§3e!Ba%clw fawn la arinkingi ... ' There the'swallow aeta me tbinkjpg;. ,. Where the water's dear and bine So the gravel shineth through, ■ Bound my shallow boat ■ Where the rushes move and etlx; Where the pigeon's In the flri . • ; ; . where Its brooding mother song v , Marmurs love the whole day Iqng, ' , All abovo the branching oaks, - •Neath which the water-lily soaks— I bob, bob, bob— , > Bob, bob, bob, Like Job, not earing for jokes. where my red float down tho stream ' Poises o'er the ponderous beam: _ Where the perches' thorny fin Pricks the sullen otter's skin, And the bar* Upon their back Show like xebras, gold and black; Where above the bosoming dell Stands the back, to short and "ball"—..« 1 boh, bob, bob, .Sw, bob, BOB, PaBsJ)femy.tlme bo happy end wen. A ILEA FOB AjXUSSXEHTS. WHITEN EIFBBaSLT.JTOn THE H1W TOBX OI^FPEB, . BY WATTD2 BTJHHKR. thns Dr. Eddy, la his work, entitled "Addresses to Youth, munents on the value of health:— Upon this, much, of the value and pleaanre of life depends, eglect this, and yon impair reason, relax energy, and early tstroy life Itself. When God has extended the number of our are to three score and ten, the millions who are swept ao early > eternity will present a fearful army of self-destroyers at the idgment day, Here It becomes our duty to aupprwu Jnordl-, ate dee Ireland quenoh the Are,of.youthful peaBMtnJiSib avoid toesaive'and^xnsuating labors, beyond what usefulness and rtySemand; to guard against habits of living that Impair ne- Ire energies, cloud the mind, and vitiate moral sensibility.", Now, I opine, the remarks of this celebrated clergyman are it only applicable to youth, those to whom he was more espe- iiUy directing his remarks, but to those of larger growth, of all mdltions and societies of mankind; to'all those who live in this, regressive age, In whioh the talents of men are measured, not itlS the scrutiny of a common observer, nor with, the cynical Kof a captions attending critic/ but by the appearance of real value, to enhance the condition of their brethren round them. That man is an animal, perhaps no one of my saders would be so foolish as to deny.. All construction or or-' miration is followed by expansion, concentration, and by spe- lal or anatomical development, each In Its regular order. This iv applies to the constitution of worlds, of plants, of anim^if, ad man being placed in the extreme advance of the latter class, imustrerertoeacb separate system of organs In man. Tha lany deep-seated intricacies arising from the mind of man, first rowed from ■.heir author, God himself. He has placed inns 1, powers of acting and choosing; whether those, powers of In- duce and will aro acted upon by Him for the furtherance of 1« particular ends, it is not my intention'here'to discuss; or ^better we are guided by any supernatural, being, influenced In iy other than the correct way, tola, too, is foreign to my design, rimes, in his learned work entitled "Human Nature and the 'ems,''speaking of this moral responsibility and will, says:— "The morel charaoter depends upon the cerebrum, and ltsln- wnlence of the body." Kow mark what follows; a ground taken that never has been, >r can it ever be proved:— 'In proportion to Its development, compared with' the body, i Possessore have the powers to restrain and postpone the nlnctlve tendencies to immediate bodily Indulgence." How, grant that this bo admitted—though It is certalnly'un- nad—how utterly absurd does the doctor, appear when he at- mpta (o prove the following; as though the social elements of ■as very nature wore placed 80 near together, and yet sot to- udeach other with suoh Incomprehensible antagonism:— t! 0 otnor b^nd, as somo compensation, they enjoy more idly the contemplation of future enjoynionta, arid they are k i more capable of acting in a way to seoure their.future grati- cation." .v. ■ Tie extension of this theme, Interesting as it may be, involves w complicated and unending argument attendant, npon "The nedomofWlll." But the point at whioh we are aiming is, to ■rover, if woarenblo, tho source of that power, or organize- on in man, demanding a release from cares present, and wear- eme tolls future; and to m whether we can have the inherent wre for pleasure to a higher order of being than that of a mere •uuu or animal Instinot; for after all, reason is but an educated ^^•tralned instinot, moulded, perhaps,' by the intervention another and higher quality, making that Jewel» the mind, in an, more Godlike than it la in tho brute, although in the latter » 11 *™ cao ' Divinity. It is observable that all, mankind, n Siv v wl >st«ver position we gaio; or to whatever nation Isau i«f!;I 0 . l \. n !i arer tendency to amusement Now, if you *•»• l0We3i orter of *ne human inteneot and ShffioiilTf J^o^tlea of tholr amusements as oontrastod to lowest »»?2.' e jS'ehtoned nations. ..Physiologist* placo on • a ^Dte ?i"™ f tt , e,adder ' tt6 Ho«*»toto or Southern Afri- hb. Whrt la lh« n .?' de ? ener »t«. depadod. and utterly barber- on t^lnl^i^ ^ 1 ^ Dellefaamong them in rela- rtthh^rdan 1 'ihfflFj^J"* orUle ^jV f"'. «hen ate ortho^TveTS^^ 1108 ^ BPPoarance they roturn to the ad, with a rudelr!SuSl ,1M ' <*>WWt* In vast numbers, id demdrf dan^Jk5 panl S ,)nt ' P» rfSrmtt « mostobscene MnhdTSSnd ^fS&SSnj* liMjrtned, even, by the et traveUers tell m w 86 ^." 14 .. W01 lhle88 outcast And n leoo, iress wkat the Barbery states-•5»AlS^*v n the, same country, »«U end y5? sitoy a lSghei ?^ m " Bt y i ! 161,, l m to bo wmt, They are capable as a b^i. 81 ? 0 or tf< ^ 1 " of *na**- >f making bargalnsTnoMrNS»S P l°'i 0 t^ nc ~ to ? eohomcs, ^led7xtenTCiSno 8 J f ^^1^^ « *dhonco we observe thorn DasslnlrS ; \S mon) alevated.lifo; Bents, The MoorTdXbt in^^Kf JiRher soale of amuse- J Wrtaln extent that; theyiavoTeiaS?^. 18 "-. 1 * lB «"<> to *>!>». but then their"tyl, ™ , sxewCdn^f^P hMia ot 019 foor vrtU spur his steed toward^a barrinr .SS 1 .?^ 8 "H™- A ^b of hte arm, will rollive the mtoSaif S?« . 0ien .' » mo ™ Jfn breathlessly •nticipatog »he^ineU™ ?,Wt ) E ,,ho hM JJor. EihlblHons of Jugtilfcs aw riSSS? j b ? th hon!8 $ of Tunis, hawldng J (Sot &JZ^i^?S ,uxi » round hl.S ai I»r to0M >owSs. "The g) B!H-- m, ?L on ' NoUc » ^« of i01 ambition, seeS^othtoVL Ho .? entote ' » P^OJe *J. Bobslatence, lie"ffri»tk 10 "w^tlosoVa *"tag the Koran, and in ^'nit&Tio l h i21 dall 8 nt ta 10 •fBges. Paialng over to HuSlTSf L m * mo «y many of its ^ure^eklni? The l^e" Ul ^hJ^S *f el » <* «tag the countries in toe usual n!SfJ tT6 B tll,t «« n0 * •\' ■' •■'■< . .>-,, _ r ..nventlve power as belongs-to^thait : superiors. Though rendered in some degree etupjd ,by, their aitaation,: imany of them have been found oapable of imitating the belt works of nature, the mimicry of their fellow man." The Oossaoks, being of Sclavonlo origin, must necessarily follow the styles of the Gipsies; it Is useless in this article to speak of the amusements of these two. Exarolne .the varied rebreations of Bassia; compare them with those of our own country, and this striking similarity will be noted. The games and pastimes made use of by the ohlldren in .this, are the very eies, etc., employed by the adults in that country, 'or ance, the simple, ohlldlike plays of "forfeits," or of "Hunt Slipper," remembered undoubtedly by us all, when our feeble minds could grasp nothing more complex, are the cher- ished amusements of the adult peasants, what, therefore, would this argue. Ceatalnly, If we are allowed to suppose any- thing at all, we would at once Imagine that the children of all enlightened countries are fathers in thought, when compared to the working' classes of sections, whose people bear the • same scope of mental development as those living In Russia. Pray, what Divine Providence would there be In giving to snob-a mental condition the work of a Newton, or the God-like breath* logs of a William. Shakespeare? Ood works, aided ^bWMMUs; to bring about certain ends, and what would be orgaed fttien we In the,future are told that the recreations of Buesu, Peasant $ussla. Noble Russia, stand on the same platform as that of an ' enlightened country ? why, certainly that education and refine* menthid broken down the barriers of a Greek superstition, and that Heaven had worked by those causes, mysterious only to, him, the effects visible'to olL To attempt to Bay that God dot* not guide, with hlB under-working Providence, the amusements of a people, so as to suit their varied wants and capacities, is to. tell me that from the falling sparrow he withdraws his tender, ears, and from the harmless dove,' bis watohful eyo. Without a suitable recreation, what would a people become ? Sir Walter Scott a man who labored. bard to show .Divine authority for a suitable recreation for all classes of people, thus comments on thissubject: ;' "Objectors may not' see at present the force of the remark, that there Is a God, ner all I do:not mean, when I say'all, a /Qod of the good, and a God ot.the evil, but I isean a 'God over 'alL' One who directs the affairs of those engaged in both br'anohes, both good and evil The time will come, I may not live to see it, perhaps, but come it win, whejiVtn unison of feel- lng, the actor and the clergyman will meet on the broad of a common humanity; when the opinions of both el changed, the former to the .more straight and moral, latter to the more liberal, and I may also say enlightened, for does it not show a peculiar bigotry, this continually preaching against a popular harmless amusement I" i Scott, In his day, was necessitated to contend against the same bitter malignity that the upholders pf amusements are now com- pelled to battle. It la true that the "good time" spoken of, when actor and minister shall meet on friendly professional terms, has not yet rolled around. But with a Inn and undying faith we believe in the consummation of that event It was my good fortune some time since, to read a work dedicated to young men, in whioh the author endeavor* te prove the impropriety ot attending theatres, first on the ground that it la unhealthy. Let me quote him: "It Is calculated that one in one hundred and fifty of those who frequent theatres become diseased, and die from the Impurity of the atmosphere. * Tho reason Is, that respiration contaminates the air, and where large assemblies are collected in close rooms, the air is oorrupted much more rapidly than many are aware." ' ^In contradicting this, I should like to ask the most sclenttflo Burgeon now living, whether he could ten, of one hundred and fifty men In a dying state, which one.of them had been toe theatre. How ridloulous to palm off on the minds of an enlight- ened people such an absurd idea. If suoh a surgeon would guarantee to select such a man out of the above number, he should have a diploma awarded- him for his consummate skill in concrete, lnnnlteatlma] mathematics. If persons labored under that delusion alone, and theatrical objectors could bring It for- ward as the only proof of the errors of suoh a life, we should truly have no hesltanoy in eaylng that the time spoken of by Sir Walter would Indeed bo nigh at hand. Now let me give my readers another wail from this author:— "It Is painful to look around on a gay audience of fifteen hun- dred persons, and consider that ten of this number will die in consequence of breathing.tha bad air of the room so frequently and to long. But I bailors this estimate quite within bounds. The practise of going out of. a heated, as well, as an^pure'at- nwspnere.'lalB'Iri the'-^rfsnlhg, and often without sufficient ' Does he blame the theatre because the person AwrW'siysbf '■The peasantry have the national facility of Imitation, but as if thttjnvj-" "~ as evinoed dally among the oommon people, them: r voi*. x*-iro, m, \FBIOB FOUB,-OB1NTb% - "Borne men aro born to tout, and not to fight, ' Whose sluggish minds,'e'enih fair honors field, " Btillonthe&dlimertu«i.' , -TJoiBTi-BjJLLrx.- The heroes of the Trojan war had prodigious appetites.' We find thai* table feats more than onoe commemorated In the Iliad. Those were days, of thrift, not waste: and It is no t to be supposed that much more was laid on the. table than the guests were ex- pected to eat When we are told that after the duel of the son of Telamon with Hector, and when dinner came on, "The king himself,* an honorary sign, Before great AJax placed the.inighfyohime"— - it was clearly intended that the ohamploM . should appropriate 1BQU VI 1WU- oad ground- shaft nap ral, and the 0 e procession halted on its way to the burial, and the blex .was f toed upon the around, the church made a oharge^of this afjouht;and the other charges were In proportion. ^ '■ • WDHTrtO IH MMHBSOTA. -' in intelligent "correspondent" gives the following description of a hunt with the Sioux Indians in Minnesota. The writer bad been to St Paul, and on his return from that city to his home, night overtook him In what are known as the "Big Woods," and finding It Impossible to make his way out, be determined to J[Barter with the Indians. The next morning he was invited to oin them In a bunt' of which he writes as follows:— ■ ''■Before I went to sleep I agreed -with Iittlo Grow, the chief of . the band, whom rwaa well acquainted with, that' I would Join : the entire dish to himself. Several centuries later, mlo of Cro>" him in the next day's hunt Accordingly he aroused me in the ; tona* who flourished five hundred yearebetoW the Christian era. morning before day, and gave me my breakfast. I had scarcely ; killed a bullock of four years old with one Vlokr df his' Hit, and completed it when all the hunters and warriors assembled before ' the chief e tent, and performed thoBe mysterious rites which Invariably precede a grand hunt; and whioh none but the initiated can comprehend. Their movements, semewhat resembling a solemn dance, although exceedingly Interesting, wore conducted with the greatest regularity and precision, while the patriarchs of the trlbo and the ■medicine' men sang a low and lugubrious chant which sounded not unlike the 'fy, yl yl,' etc., of the (bakers. They seemed to be invoking tbo blessing of the Great Spirit on their ooming sport And they worshipped with a real and earnestness which superstition and ignorance alone- can in- spire. I thought of the old line, "Lo the poor Indian, whose un- tutored mind,"etc., and wondered If, with all his faults, the duaky savage is not about as good for heaven as any or us. : ' city reveries were broken in upon, however, by a general rush/to the woods. They took different directions, and went as 'If the pursuers of Tarn O'Shanter'e mare were after them. I did my utmost to keep up, but failed in the effort, and began to think seriously of abandoning the chase, when my friend Crow came to my assistance. Crow ia the most talented among the Sioux chiefs, and though a tall, sulky, greon-looktng Indian, is a brave man; and a first-rate fellow. He proposed that we should walk on- leisurely to the centre of tho circle agreed upon for the day's operations. This we did, and on our way he informed me that the favorite way of hunting with the Indiana is ring-hunting, as We would call It in Virginia. They thns enolose great numbers of wild nniiniiiq, whioh In Bhunning,ScylIa are apt to fall into Oharybdls. The fleetest buck is Beldom able to escape so many and such subtle foes. "It was near 10 o'clock in the morning before we saw any game, Jbut after that time great numbers of deer were seen darting ibrough the woods like arrows. Orow shot at many of them aa they fan, but succeeded in killing but one only. For my part, I did not even kill or wound one.' I find that the Indian's great superiority in hunting consists in his creeping abilities. Crow would crawl on his belly nearly as fast as I could walk, and that too, with little or no noise. "As We gradually 'oloaed In,' the Bharp crack of the rifle was heard in every direction, and the frequent whizzing of a bullet by oufheads reminded us of the recklessness of thehunters and our own danger. Anon a wounded buok would' fly past us, pur- sued by wolfish dogs and Indians fiendish y ycUli g and howling after their victim. It.was very exolting sport, for the Indians were Tinged almost to frenzy, and acted more as if they were in some fierce battle than at a common exercise. ' ••About this time, and at the night of the excitement we heard, a yell proceeding from the other side of-tho ring, louder, more fierce and different from any other of those that were arising around us. The Indians seemed to understand it as they all rushed to the spot from whence it oame. I followed them, and to my astonishment found that one of them had been shot dead by accident The yell that I had heard come from the Indian that had done the deed. Further proceedings were stopped at once, and all rejoicing and yelling was hushed. The deceased had been a fine fellow and a general favorite. His name was Ma-nom-e-ne. Those who had killed any game shouldered it and struck home. The balance, of whom I was one,' formed a procession which followed poor Ma-nom-e-ne, carried on the back of his destroyer, to the camp. His squaw, who was a young and very pretty woman, ha'd heard the news before we got there, and came out with her two little children to meet and take charge of her dead husband.' It was a sod spectacle. She threw herself upon him and broke forth In the most piteous and affecting cries of agony that I ever heard. There was no affecta- tion about it; no estate to be settled up—no dower to set apart— nothing to abstract her mind from her crushing grief. There was' nbt-.-wlry eye.in that duaky. crowd, notwlthstandlngthelr clothing, [Query is not clothed?) exposes the individual to cold, rheumatism, pleurisy and fever, Indeed I Now, certainly, "turn about la fair play. I presume It would not be considered impolite—in facf, Ujwonld be con. eldered ah act of "humanity—tor me to go to MK Beecher, and Inform him that hie ministrations were doing a vast deal of harm; that out of the vast number attendant upon the "Ply- mouth," one", out of every one -hundred and fifty Is slowly but surely passing away. He Bhould not make the people come, or throw out such oily Inducements to oharm the eye of the unwary mortal. If he believes tHe people are dying so rapid- ly, why not remove the roof from his church, and allow the free air of heaven to carry off tho excited "Amena" and interpolated "'Allelujahs," and not suffer them to linger hi the breasts of the hearers, and cause them, perspiring bo freely, to actually die at the rate of one in ona hundred and fifty. - verily, we live in a soientino and wonderful age. The learned author then quotes, ob objeotor to a theatrical attendance, the philosopher Plato, whioh, by a free translation from the original Greek, makes in- nocent Plato to say:— ■ • ■■Plays raise the passions, and prevent the use of them, and of oourae are dangerous to morality." There is no.wondor that the wise philosopher remarked this. Theatricals in snolent times were not as they are how. . Sohlegel, in 1ub> studied words on ■'Dramatio Literature," says on fids subject:— ' ■ - - .•.■When we hear the word (Arairt.we naturally think of what wtih.ua bears the same name; and yet nothing can be more dif- ferent from our theatre than the Grecian." . The grand cause of the objections of Plato was. that the tra- gical Imitations were of the Ideal and not the real It was this that gave no substance for thought; and where thought was the minor object who could suppose that the mind of that intellec- tual giant could revel in such .a ohaoa. Plato, nevertheless, wrote many pieces for the stage, and at the representation of- severalJie was'present In tact, very many of those ancient authors composed some of the very finest specimens of dramatio plays. The "Antigone" of Sophocles is a tragedy that bean the Impress of almost a divine mind, and yet even Sophocles himself called it one of his Inferior works. His "^dipua Tynnus," In connection with his "Antigone," was performed in Berlin, ten years since, and had an unprecedented run., Persons from all parts of Europe were the pleased spectators. The truth of the whole olsoussion is, that as dark a face as our theatrical and other amusements bear, after an investigation orlUoal and unprejudiced, thousands will be led to change an opln!6n that thoy will acknowledge was biased and Illiberal; Let us all endeavor to elevate the standard, and show by our aotlons that our actions will always speak louder than words, GAMBLING I IT NEW MEXICO. The modus operandi of gambling 1b thus desorlbcd. Thepro- Srletor of the house takes out a*license, and rents tablos.to gen- omon of the profession, who set up a bank and commence ope- rations.. Sometimes three or four tables will be in full blast in bno room at the same time, and in the course of an evening, thousands of dollars' will exohange hands. We will enter one of theso places,, and watch the thing in motion. We see little crowds of men,'In various parts of the room, collected around tho tables. If we approach nearer, we will observe that one per- son sits boblnd the (able, who Is the banker, and deals the cards. The tablo Is covered with a greon or red cover, divided Into four squares, and as the cards are drawn, one Is thrown on each square. The betters place tbelr money upon their favorite cards. In sums according to tholr will or means. The money being staked, the cards aro now drawn, either by the banker or another person, and whon the result is announoed, eaoh one Is paid the amount of hla winnings, when the paok is again shuffled for a new game, While the cards are being drawn. It is Interesting to watch tho parties in interest; caeb eye and mind is intently fixed upon tho gamo, and often a breathless eilenoe reigns until the' result is known, when tho fortunate ones rake their , gains to them, and the losers dopart or prepare to try their luok again. In former times, fomales were frequent visitors at gambling houses, and lost and won'thelr doubloons at monte and other games, with a langfnid truly masculine. A change for the bet- ter has takon place In this particular, and the fairer portion of creation are now soldom soon at the gambling table, except at the publlo fairs, whon thoy Indulge a little for amusement's sake A few years ago, quite a celebrated female, known ak.Sonora Donna Qortrudo Bnrcelo. lod tho van in gambling .In"'. Santa Fe. 8be waa a Taoslto by birth, but intended hor adventures to the capltol, where sho established hor headquarters. Here sho struck the tido that "leads to fortune," and for a considerable tiino, was known as the mOBt expert monto. dealer In tho city. Her wealth leavonod the soolal lump, and gainod her admittance into the most seloct olrolos, and she soon became one of the upper ttndcmot the olty, She died about the year IBM, and was burled with the highest honors of the Church, at an expense of upwards of sixteen hundred dollars for spiritual services In the burial alone, Including the grave. The bill was duly made out by the Blf hop of Santa Fo, with his name signed thereto, and presented to her executors, and bald. Among the items were •oar aVnenet dtt oMqw (the rights of the bishop,) one thousand dolUni lot to** Mob/figy dedbn, «hM m,NU «bM each tint uimU etolman7and cwtoess.; When we arrived at the camp the corpse was decently laid out on eome poles, about eight feet from the ground, and wrapped up In a blanket or buffalo skin, with bis rifle by his side. Bennies were set about him,. and every face about tho camp except my own and that of the widowed squaw was painted black, and some In the most hideous manner. Now commenced the formal lamentation of the tribe for the de- ceased hunter. They sang dolefully and howled dismally.. No man who has nevor heard the Tn^lari'ii lam an ting their "deid can form any ldca/>f the wild and awful character of their orles and their wailingiT '•When I had got home, several days after, I saw the widow ilng by with her pony, (which'had been given hor by the idlan who shot her husband) her two little children, and their' dead father. She had two poles, some twelves or .fifteen feet long, attached one to eaoh Bide of this pony, much like a shaft; on which were fastened cross-pieces, and on these were jplaced the corpse. She was taking him to the common burying-ground on the Minnesota, some fifty miles distant. Her poor little children were trudging along by her side aa she led the horse, both of them crying with thjj cold or about .their father, their tears almost freezing as they fell to the ground.' The woman herself .could not suppress her sobs, nor would she accept any nourishment from the kind, hands that were extended to her as she passed through our village, but worried on, carrying her precious load to Its last resting place." * A FEW HINTS TO VOLUNTEERS. As a large number of our young men, from town and country, are about to depart for the active duties of a soldier's life, per- haps it would be well to give a few hints on matters generally relating to the camp and the march, by one who has been "through the mill." The first thing In order, then, es necessary to a soldier's outfit This,' of course, must be very meagre, as the Government fumlsheB almost everything necessary for the soldler'a comfort All he wants, therefore, which Government does not furnish, is a good, strong, gum blanket which he will find very useful both as a bed and as,a protection against incle- ment weather. Indeed; no soldier should go into the field with- out one. Noxt, the soldier will need a knife, fork and spoon. ; A very excellent article of this nature, being a combination of the three articles ia one, can be obtained at almost any of our cutlery or hardware stores. Tho recruit Bhould also supply himself with a good, strong pocket-knife, which he will find use for almost every hour in the day. Perhaps it would be well to add a tin cup and tin plate to the above list as Government Is sometimes somewhat tardy in furnishing theso articles. The above Is about all the outfit a recruit requires, and when he starts for camp he should toko with him aa little clothing as possible, for when he once receives his olothing and equipments from Government he will have as much as he con conveniently carry, and any superfluous olothing will be cast along the roadside on the first day's march. ' . when the recruit goes Into quarters, if thoy should happen to have been previously occupied by troops, his first object nhould be to see that they are free from vermin or noxious Insects. • If his Investigations discover anything of this kind, he. should immediately report to his captain, and if the matter is not attended to, hla only remedy is to take an "outside seat" until something Is done ' In estebllshing a new camp, the first duty of tho soldier Is to sec that all brush and rubbish be Immediately removed, and that the street In front of the tent bo oleanly swept It should be the care of the captain of each company to see that the com- pany street is oleaned or swept every morning, .and all refuse nutter buried or removed. Attention te these sanitary hints will prevents dlsoaso andidd greatly to tho comforts of the men. Perhaps one of the most unpleasant features of a march on a warm day Is the sensation of thirst when water cannot be ob- tained for hours. A partial remedy for this suffering may.be found in euoklng the Juice of a lemon, and no soldier, If he can avoid it should bs without one or two in bis haversack fit all timo»v We know that soldiers are proverbially reckless and Im- provident, and that it Is not an easy matter to keep.a '.'good thing" on hand twenty-four hours, when most of them go on tho prlnolplethat "we Uvo to-day and die to-morrow." The prudent soldier, however, will always keep a look-out for tho "rainy day," and If he once tries the experiment he will always be sure to havo a lemon on hand. , Anothor annoyance to the green soldier is sore feet There sre vory fewwho, on tholr first day's march, do not complain In this xespeot But there is a remedy for. this also. ' Every soldier should avoid boots, and use the shoes provided by Government If he Is in tho habit of wearing 7's at home he .ebould seleot 8'e in'the army. If his foot bocome blistered or chafed, ho should Immediately, on entering camp in the evening, bathe them In cold water and grease them with tallow. Ho should be careful to have a tallow candlo stuok away In bis knapsaok before he starts'on the march. Wear woolen etooldngs by all means, no matter whother the thermometer is up to a hundred or down to aero, as they absorb the porsplratlon and measurably protect tho feet from .bUstermg. • ■■„ ■ ■ On the' marob, avoid liquor, especially if the day ia warm. If the soldier trill drink it, it is beetto do so at the end of the march. If oV the march, and the sun proves very, hot embrace tho first opportunity to fill your cap with oak br hlokory leaves, having variously saturated them with «atqt> Xhil wiD keep your fiead'oool and bravest ron stroke, ; : '^'-;-' v ;j;r .'•'• ate up the entire animal in a single day. ■ Aglais, a danoer, daugh- ter of If egaoles, would devour for hor sapper/ten pounds of meat with twelve loaves, and drink several quarts of wine. (See Catl Shod. 1. IS, o. 19.) We have no record as to whether she exercised her vocation soon after this inordinate meaL - Olio, not the muse of history, but a Grecian wdman of the middle class, co-eval with Aglais, challenged all men to eat and drink, but never met her match. The family of the Aploil were aa celebra- ted in old Borne for their gluttony, as the Deoli, Fabil, and Balp- los for their patriotic, devotion. There were three of the name, but Apldus Ocellus No. 3 was the most famous; he wrote'a Book, still extant, Be Arte Conminarw, on the pleasures of, and the e» citomente to eating, ana well worthy the attention of gastronov mists. Ittequotedwiuieulogiumlnthe^Iiaarwda'awrnioMds, and contains some good "pepcto precepts." This belly"-goA hanged himself because his steward reported that he had only eighty thousand poundB sterling left (antics tatcrHum,) whioh he calculated would only suffice for one supper. According to that curious and most minute compiler, Dr. Arbuthnot, he had spent on his kitchen alone £607,29113s. *d. But with all his eplaurlanV ism and- reckless expense in the Indulgence of that propensity). he was contented to eat stale sandwich oysters at Home, Instead of traveling to Britain to enjoy them fresh. In this taste he was followed by George IL, to supply whose table, oysters verging on decomposition were advertised for at a high premium. It is recorded of the Emperor Claudius Albanns, who reigned for a short period, A. D. 198, that be ate one day for his break- fast five hundred figs, one hundred peaches, ten. mellons, one hundred flg° peckers, forty Adriatic oysters (they are nearly a foot In diameter,) and a large supplement of grepes. It was well, for him that cholera was unknown in those days. We may think ' that after such a dose of fruit he might have called out with Mad Tom in Lear : "Hopdauce cries within me for three white her- rings." A oertaln Phogo, in presence of the Emperor Aurelian, - devoured a whole sheep, a wild boar, a young pig, with five hun- dred loaves, and wine In proportion. Tneodoret * Greek father In the early part of the fifth century, tells of a Syrian woman,'un- named, who consumed dally, thirty pullets, and was never known to be satisfied. It appears, however, that ktacedonlus cured her by making her drink the holy water .whioh had been sanctified according to rule. In-the year of our Lord 235, the Soman Emperor UfaTimltl, originally a Thradan peasant (we must remember he was a son of Anak, being eight feet high,) dispatched dally at his dinner, forty pounds of beef and nineteen bottles of wine. He expanded to such a size, in consequence^ that his wife's bracelets served him for rings to his fingers. But all these oases othuHmia sink into nothing whenparaHeled with the disease of the Emperor Vitelline. We learn from - Sue- tonius, and other reliable authorities, that all the roads In Italy, and the two seas, Mediterranean and Adriatic were covered with, emissaries Bolely employed in providing the . most exquisite) meats and the choicest fish for his ravenous symposia. He made four meals per diem, sometimes taking an emeno between each, that he might more speedily unload his stomach, and be ready for a fresh onslaught He was So Insatiable, that during the pon- tifical sacrifices, he was often seen to 'snatch the animal s entrala irom the fire, half-baked, and devour them in presence of the) assembled crowd. He invited.himself to his friends' houses, who trembled when the Imperial visit was announced, for he made them entertain him ao sumptuously, that ruin often eni- sned. A single feast swallowed up a y ear'a rental, His brother, 'Lucius VlteUius, once treated him With two thousand fishes,'and . seven thousand slnglrrg Mrds, all oxqulsltely delicate and scarce. The expense of his table amounted to seven millions sterling .in-- the space of four months.. He had-always ready in'hls laHtf .thousands of pheasants' livers, tongues of fishes, peacocks' bralni; and the tails of lampreys. ' . The moderns cannot quite reaoh the mark of the andante, but they have, nevertheless, exhibited eome memorable feats in mas- tication. Furetlere, in the Fur<Kurto,p. 8, says that he saw a man eat, without pausing to take breath, a loin of veal, a oepon, and two woodcocks,' with four pounds of bread.. In 1813, an ao> oount appeared In the papers of a countryman who, for a bet devoured at a meal, by measurement, - as mueh tripe as would ■make him ajaoket Another, not long after, bbafhlm by a waist- coat and nether Integuments of the same material. We have somewhere read of a Capuchin friar, who ate, at one sitting, twelve omelets, each containing twelve eggs. The last Duke'ef Montague had a tenant, a Scotchman, whose manducatory powers Vera unrivaled. He challenged all England to a contest A Nor- folk bumpkin entered the lists, and was lgnomlnlouely beatenv. The Duke*was. at. dinner when his special.messenger arrived . with news of the issue. He ordered him In at 'once, and de - manded particulars.. "IJhoy began," said the envoy, "on two • equal rounds of ,b«ef; one of which eaoh dispatched in leas than., two hours. They then took two large legs of mutton, and in the • middle of his the Englishman - broke down and gave In." "Bra— ' to I "exclaimed the Duke. "Our man then," proudly added the- ambassador, "ateagooset" Voltaire relates that Oharles.Gustavua of Sweden, the nccessor of. Queen Christina, was engaged in the siege of Prague, when »' peasant of most appalling aspect, with tusks like a wild boar, de- sired admittance to his tent and, being allowed entrance, offered/ by way of amusing the King and his suite, to devour a whole hog, weighing two hundred-welsht The old General Kanlgamarck, who stood by the King's side, and who, soldier as he was, and fearless before the enemy, still retained tome of the prejudice* Of hla childhood, hinted to his royal master.that the boor ought to be burnt as a sorcerer. "Sir," said the fellow, Irritated at the suggestion, "if your Majesty will make that little old gentleman, take off his sword and spun, I will eat him in your preaehoe be>. \ fore I-begin the pig." General Eonlgsmarck, who at the haa* of his brigade had performed wonders against the Austrian*, an* was looked upon as one of the bravest men of the age, could not', face this proposal, especially as it wss accompanied by a most, hldeoue and preternatural expansion of the frightful: anthrepo^- phogue's Jaws. Without uttering a word, he wheeled suddenly- round, ran out of the tent, and thought himself unsafe until hai reached his own quarters, where he double looked himself in tosr four-and-twenty hours,' before he could shake off the panlo whichi had so completely unmanned him. . . . •Agamemnon, FRAIKIB DOG VILLAGE. i, wiina;ernngortne: r young rabbles','Into)', nd, and- keeping up s>V like the note ot a bird-: . Captain. Burton, In his new work, entitlod "The Olty of tha Salute, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California," thus describes a prairie-dog viUago:— •*■•'.<-'•'••> I saw to-day, for tho first time, a prairie-dog village.. The little beast, hardly as large as a Guinea-pig, belongs to the family of squirrels and the group of marmots—in ; point of manner it somewhat resembles the monkey. "Wlsh-ton-Wieh"—ah Indian' onomatoplasm—was at home, sitting posted Uko a sentinel upon' ■ the roof, and sunning himself in the mid-day glow. .'It is not •■ easy to shoot him; he Is out of doors all day; but timid and alert,, at the least susplolon of danger he plunges, with a Jerking oTthe: tall; and a somersault quicker than a shy y it.sj.t.,, the nearest hols, peeping Irom the ground feeble little cry, (wishl ton I wish I) more liko t than a bark. If not killed outright he will manage to wriggle/ into his home. •.- The villages are generally on the brow of a hill, near a creek or pond, thus securing water without the danger of drowning. The earth burrowed out while making the habitations, Is thrown up in heaps, which serve as sltilng-piacea In the wet season, and' give a look-out upon the adjacent country) it is more dangerous' to ride over them than to oharge | field of East Indian "T'hur,"; and many a broken leg and collar-bone have boen the result The holes, which .descend In a spiral form, must be deep, and they are connected by long galleries, with sharp angles, ascents sad descents, to puzkle the pursuer. Lieutenant Hko had one hundred and forty kettles of water poured into ono without dls-' lodging the occupant The village is always cleared of grass,' probably by the .-necessities of the tenants, who, though they enjoy Insects, are mainly graminivorous, and rarely venture half a mile from home. Thellmlte aro somotlmos three miles square,, and the population must bo dense, as a burrow will occur every few paces. The-Cynomvt ZudorfrfantiF prepares for winter by stopping the mouth of Its burrow, and constructing a deeper- cell in whioh It hibernates till spring appears, It Is a graceful little animal, dark brown above and white below, with teeth and., halls, head and tall somewhat like the gray soiurus of the state*. The Indians and trappers eat this American marmot declaring; its flesh to be fatter and better than that of the squirrel. Somei travelers advise exposing tho meat for a night or two to the froat,. by whioh means tho nukness of subterranean flavor Is corrected/ His undoubted that the rattlesnake—both of tho yellow and black: species—and the small, white burrowing owl, are often found In the same-warren with this rodent » ourioue'happy :famlly of'' reptile, bird and beast, and lh somo places ho haa been toen to. associate with tortoises, rattlesnakes, and horned frog*. Ac- cording to some naturalists,- howovor, the fraternal harmony is irfect as it might be-the owl Is accused, of ,o°casloneUTv; mtlfyjng hla oaxnlveroua lusts by laying open a skull of Wlf-tea»' WiahwithasniixtstrokeWthebeak, . : ,).../;•».